As a Casual NASCAR Fan Explain something to me

[gregg52]

sounds kinda fishy to me i'm thinkin these things are discussed in the drivers meeting

but it could have been the spotters mistake i guess

[LMITOUT]

sounds kinda fishy to me i'm thinkin these things are discussed in the drivers meeting

but it could have been the spotters mistake i guess

It probably is discussed, but when you have someone in your ear saying "2nd gear, 4500, at the barrels", he is probably going to listen to that as the spotter seems to have some say in what is going on. Maybe the spotter didn't see the cone and was going by the barrels, who knows.

As I said, Jr. probably should have questioned it or knew better but he's usually too busy jabbering on the radio during the caution laps to pay attention.

Oh well, it had little to no bearing on where he ended up after the pit stop due to the damage that had to be repaired anyway.

The beginning of the race was pretty exciting. They were racing pretty hard early on....maybe a bit too hard...but it was fun to watch nonetheless. Hopefully after the resurfacing and reconfiguring of the track it doesn't lose that competitive racing.

[pureinsanity]

There is a lot more to racing that most people realize. Heck I pitted for a friend once at an amateur event and I thought I was just going to be watching and helping if something broke down. Heck they had charts for everything. I think I adjusted tire pressure on every tire before and after practice, heats, and main. I was running all over the place doing what they were told.

There is a lot behind the scene stuff going on, and well that's why these guys get paid to do what they do because the know their stuff

I didn't know much and still don't know a lot about car racing, but I do know its a lot more difficult than just what you see on TV.

[gregg52]

purinsanity you hit it on the head

we use to race at elko and raceway a couple knights a week back in the day

my freind basically built the car he is one of those mechanically inclined type of guys a couple of us helped him him out

i know a few alittle things when they are talking on tv or the radios

wedge...split...track bar etc etc have a little idea of what they are tryin to

do but really dont know much bout todays cars and what goes into building and the precision but thats why i'm a rcin fan

cuz i do understand what it takes to get those cars to go that fast

they try to slow em down they just figure out a way to make it go faster...thats why when people say racing is boring i dont really listen to much i dont know if they except cars to be beating on each others doors every lap and crash every other lap thats why i thnk

the fan base will always vary new people come on and think wow

but after a few races think geeez i could do that whats the big deal

like now treveor will draw a few new folks in but if he crashes next week and in bristol they will go away just as fast cuz they really dont have a clue what he really did and how big that was

i dont know if it was camara angle or what but those stands looked empty to me and they lowered tickets out there to start at 25$ and theres not really a bed seat in the house a few in the bottom rows i guess

i thought it was a good race

ya any way you two need to settle down and dont get so personal bout comments its just racin guys

every one wishes they were as smart as knaus...lol

as far as JR speeding it hapens to best of em

and ya probably didnt make a big difference where he finish the deal is can he do it 2 weeks in row ???/ Jr could put a few more butts in the seats if he could get going

[pureinsanity]

People thrive on crashes, close calls, and rule breakers. I don't watch much nascar, occasionally I will flip it on and watch it for a little while. To me it is rather boring, now if I was driving my attitude would probably change.

I grew up racing supercross and motocross, so going in cricles is a little weird to me or should I say boring. Now high flying full contact block passing whoop hitting dirt bikers are exciting and crazy

there should be a motorcross forum on here!